The Cecil Whig., 1887-06-25
l.o'nI Department.

Mrs Walter L. Avery with her daughte
is visiting her father, VIM. j. Jones, Esq
Miss Stella Jones, of Midd.etowr, Del.
is visiting Mr.. Henry Warner at Westam
well.
Mrs DIR. Marshall, of Philadelphia has
been visiting her sister Mrs K. Z. Lewis OF
this town.
Mrs Rev. Vaughn Smith, of Wilming 8
ton, Del, spent Wednesday with friends il
Elkton.
The Wilmington Land League will not
celebrate the +th of July at this place as has
been stated.
The annual excursion of the Elkton
Grange to Bay Ridge will be given on
Thursday, July 2SJh, on the steamer "Ches-
ter"
The excursion of the VI. +. Sabbath
urday last was IL success financially and
otherwise.
Conrad Yeager, who farmed in this vi
cinity for many years but now resides in
Su1yrUis NlSlltll HIS OlI IL III GhiS Nl1ih
ity on Sunday last.
Miss Jane Torbert has rented her house
on Main street for the summer to Mr.. Fit
zell of Philadelphia, whose wife was Miss
Sophia Lort of this place.
The Rev. Chas. \. Hill of Centreville,
will have charge of Wye Camp Meeting
which begins this year on Tuesday July Goth
and closes Friday August 9th.
-Brickley & Mccullough will give one
of their popular excursions from Port De
rosit to Colchester Beach, on the new palace
steamer, Emma Giles, on July IS
Miss Fannie Siner, of Philadelphia, has
been visiting the Misses Mcfarland on How
ard street, Elktor. Mr.. William Dockstader
of ST. Paul was the guest of the same on
Tuesday last.
An excursion TO Colchester, by the
steamer Chester, will be given Thursday,
July 14th under the auspices of the Presby-
terian Sunday scheol of this place Prices
will be announced hereafter.
Among the graduates from. the Ren-
selaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, \.
Y, on Wednesday last was MIR. y. G..
Stites of Middetown, Il grandson of the
late Henry S. Sites of this vicinity.
Mr. Levi +. Bouden who left our town
several months since after a continuous
residence of many years to take quarters IN
the soldiers Home at Hampton Roads,
Va, arrived in Elkton again this week. He
has 90 days furlOugh.
-ChiIiren's Day will be celebrated at
Moore's Chapel, Cecil county, next Sunday
afternoon, June 26 commencing at ) clock,
The pastor, Rev. Litsinger, will make an
address and a special program of singing,
recitatioLs, &c, is being prepared. The
public is cordially invited.
There will be services IN the Presbyter-
ian church tomorrow (Sabbath) as usual
by the pastor, Rev. X. w. Beers. The sub
ject in til. morning will be ''The Excellency
of Christ" In the evening the pastor will
deliver his farewell sermon. He expects to
leave tor his new field of labor early next
week.
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Chesapeake 81 Potomac Telephone Company
Of Baltimore city on Monday last purchased
the entire plant and franchise of the tele-
phone line in Cecil county known as the
Overland, from Messrs. Peter Hartenstine,
G. c. Caldwell, Chas. B. Finley and Sam /.
ID. Mccullough, the owners. The new pro
prietor will soon have the lines put in good
working order. The lines it is said will be
extended to Baltimore as soon as possible.
During the severe thunder storm on
Saturday night last, lightning struck the
house about two miles northeast of town be-
longing to Ex States Attorney Charles G..
Crothers and occupied by Mr.. James Ster-
ling. The roof of the house was consider
eraby damaged but the occupants We're not
injured. During the same storm a tele-
graph pole to which the b. * O. wires are
attached on the Newark road near the Fair
Grounds, was struck and SO badly damaged
that it had to be replaced. The upper gate
and fence of the Fair Grounds were also
somewhat damaged.
MIR. John 5. Rossell, clerk of the county
commissioners has accepted position with
the Chesapeake Y Potomac Telephone Com
pany of Baltimore city. Mr.. Rossell is now
on the second year of his second term of two
years as clerk of the county commissioners
and he previously acted as deputy for four
years under Messrs. George w. Cruikshank
and BENZ. ID. Bowen. Mr.. Rossell is very
competant and courteous official and we are
sure that there is no person OF either party
in the county better fitted to fill this exacting
position than the retiring officer Mr.. Ros-
sell will retire with the present board OF
county commissioners in December next.
We regret to learn that his new position
will probably require him to leave Elkton
and make his home in Baltimore city
st. Georges Church. in Flushing, New
York, was crowded Monday evening last at
the marriage of Miss Ethel Gwynna Murray
daughter of Mr.. Joseph X. Murray, to Mr.
Lemuel L. Quigg journalist. Mr.. y. w.
Quigg was the best man. Following the
nshers came the mother of the bride, at
tended by her son, Harold G.. Murray, then
Miss Clara Murray, the maid of honor, and
lastly the bride, resting on the arm of her
father. She wore a white satin robe, with
corsage shaped, and veil of tulle Sh,
carried a large bouquet of roses The cos
tune of the maid of honor was of satin and
tulle, she also carrying bouquet of varie-
gated flowers. There was a wedding feast
at Mr.. MurraV's house i'll Broadway Mr.
i. tad IL,
of one of the great New York dailies, and
son of the Rev. j. Il. Quigg of North East
The committee on reorganization ap-
pointed by the Board of Trustees of Della
ware college at its annual meeting on June
lith met on Wednesday afternoon at the
Clayton House, Wilmington, Governor
Bggs presiding. y number of applications
for the presidency of the college were read
and preferred. No decision was made and
the committee will meet again at Dover OF
June 30th. a committee of the Alumn
Associa ton met the same day and decided
to ask the trustees that DIR. Raul of thu
Newark Academy be made president ant
that Prof Harter be retained as a mem bel
of the academy. The Wilmington Nornin5
NciCS in commenting on the meetings urge:
that plenty of time be taken for coasidera
tion before anything decisive is done
"Delaware College" it continue" has reach
ed that condition and we say it with \ sin
cere wish that it was otherwise when it car
scarcely survive another unsuccessful reor
ganization.